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TI-2023-24406 Aliases CVE-2023-45603GHSA-4v55-6j3q-q3g7

WordPress User Submitted Posts Plugin <= 20230902 is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-434Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-434.

Summary

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Jeff Starr User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End.This issue affects User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End: from n/a through 20230902.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00975 62nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
specialkUser Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front Endup to 20230902—No fix listedCNA
  • User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End Vendorspecialk Affected up to 20230902 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*up to 20230902Vulnerablespecialk
  • cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:user_submitted_posts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 20230902 Vulnerable ·specialk

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-45603
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4v55-6j3q-q3g7

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2024-04645 User Submitted Posts < 20240516 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
  • TI-2019-15241 User Submitted Posts <= 20190312 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-03982 User Submitted Posts <= 20230809 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'user-submitted-content' CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2016-09039 The user-submitted-posts plugin before 20160215 for WordPress has XSS via the user-submitted-content field. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2023-04406 Cross-site scripting in specialk User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4

Sources

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